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RE: Honest to God realignment news! - army56mike - 11-19-2020 06:48 PM (11-19-2020 06:45 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:(11-19-2020 06:44 PM)army56mike Wrote:(11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? Sure, why not. The reason I selected TT was that its more centrally located to the heart of the other schools. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - Fresno St. Alum - 11-19-2020 06:59 PM (11-19-2020 06:00 PM)lion1983 Wrote: First of all, nobody tha tf wants to talk sports wants to hear about why you want to complain about what Liberty is or isnt...So you're thinking D-I GSC, like how the Summit is D-I NCC. Then bring in UWF and Valdosta St.(they don't have their own stadium though). If you can get some other big name FCS like SE La., Nicholls, McNeese St. that would look like a pretty powerful FCS conference. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - DavidSt - 11-19-2020 07:39 PM (11-19-2020 04:01 PM)IWokeUpLikeThis Wrote:(11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? You do have some D2 schools in the footprint. Lets look at the public schools in the area with football from D1 and D2. Alabama A&M Alabama State Arkansas Tech Bethune-Cookman Florida A&M West Florida Albany State Valdosta State West Georgia Murray State Grambling State Southern SE Louisiana Jackson State Central Missouri Missouri S&T Truman State Missouri State SE Missouri State Fayetteville State UNC-Pembroke Winston-Salem NC A&T NC Central Western Carolina Youngstown State West Chester The Citadel South Carolina State Austin Peay East Tenn. Chattanooga Tenn.-Martin Tenn. State Tenn. Tech Norfolk State William & Mary There are others that are large ;like non football schools and privates that can help fill in places. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - DavidSt - 11-19-2020 07:45 PM ASun football: Kennesaw State West Florida West Georgia Valdosta State Youngstown State Eastern Kentucky Jacksonville State UCA Missouri State SE Missouri State UNA Chattanooga Jackson State SE Louisiana RE: Honest to God realignment news! - lion1983 - 11-19-2020 08:20 PM (11-19-2020 07:45 PM)DavidSt Wrote: ASun football: If I'm going to place a bet, it would be ASUN football Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, JSU, UNA, KSU, Chattanooga, West Florida, SE Louisiana, Nichols St. But what do I know? The OVC will pull in Western Illinois The Southland will pull in Tarleton State and 1 Lone Star school to be named later. Both conferences will be fine RE: Honest to God realignment news! - C00G - 11-19-2020 08:41 PM (11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? Kennesaw St & North Alabama from ASUN Eastern Kentucky & Jacksonville St from OVC Central Arkansas from Southland + Missouri St from MVFC Western Carolina & ETSU from SoCon Footprint is similar to the SEC East but a little tighter. All public schools, no more than 2 schools from a single conference, and no more than 2 schools from a single state - I think this gives the conference a chance to create its own identity instead of just a rehash of ASUN/OVC/SoCon. Everyone gets a geographic rival for Thanksgiving weekend - Central Arkansas/Missouri St, North Alabama/Jacksonville St, Kennesaw St/Western Carolina, and Eastern Kentucky/ETSU. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - IWokeUpLikeThis - 11-19-2020 08:42 PM Less than 0% chance Missouri St joins that league. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - TOPSTRAIGHT - 11-19-2020 09:02 PM Missouri State is basketball and MVC all the way. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - DavidSt - 11-19-2020 09:31 PM (11-19-2020 09:02 PM)TOPSTRAIGHT Wrote: Missouri State is basketball and MVC all the way. MVC basketball have been weakend without Wichita State. ASun could be a two bid league quicker than MVC right now if the right schools were added like Murray State, Chattanooga, East Tennessee State and others. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - Gemofthehills - 11-19-2020 11:00 PM (11-19-2020 06:44 PM)army56mike Wrote:(11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? This league would be more competitive than the OVC. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - DavidSt - 11-19-2020 11:22 PM (11-19-2020 11:00 PM)Gemofthehills Wrote:(11-19-2020 06:44 PM)army56mike Wrote:(11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? I don't think Stetson wants to play football in the ASUN. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - lion1983 - 11-20-2020 12:35 AM (11-19-2020 11:22 PM)DavidSt Wrote:(11-19-2020 11:00 PM)Gemofthehills Wrote:(11-19-2020 06:44 PM)army56mike Wrote:(11-19-2020 03:44 PM)EKUSteve Wrote: So if this is FCS, who else joins if these three do? Hey, truth.... how bout that... RE: Honest to God realignment news! - The Cutter of Bish - 11-20-2020 08:37 AM (11-19-2020 09:08 AM)solohawks Wrote:(11-19-2020 08:45 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote: I would think it gets easier for FCS schools to jump to FBS with the impact (current and future) of Covid and transfer rules. Seems draconian that any way in has to deal with conference location and politics. I got the sense EKU had the actual infrastructure for FBS/Sun Belt, but location had a lot to do with Coastal getting the nod (as evident by the initial stadium issue). It must suck to get a no and have the resources available to operate at FBS, but no conference takers. Liberty was right to challenge the rule, and I think it makes it easier for others to bypass politics and location bias. I fully expect at least EKU to jump up to FBS. But what does FCS do for the fans if that version tanks with regard to talent/style. That FCS can’t get or keep FBS kids who don’t want to wait a year? I get the impression the quality of FCS is going to go downhill fast, and if you’re a school who got by on transfers, you’re not special or unique anymore. I don’t know if OVC football does it enough for EKU fans, but, I suspect that even as an independent, EKU can get fat enough off of a temporary independent schedule (the more the better for them) and pick up other games against regional teams in the SBC, CUSA, and MAC. I also suspect that if there is some shifting between CUSA and SBC whenever or for whatever reason, I like EKU over Liberty getting a spot. I agree that location works against them, but, yikes...that’s not fair for EKU to not get to tey FBS if they feel they want to. And if they want to, they should get to be, imo. Same went for Liberty. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - bill dazzle - 11-20-2020 09:10 AM When Eastern Kentucky was Division I-AA in the 1970s and 1980s (under Coach Roy Kidd), it was a national power. There is some history with that program. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - solohawks - 11-20-2020 09:19 AM (11-20-2020 08:37 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote:(11-19-2020 09:08 AM)solohawks Wrote:(11-19-2020 08:45 AM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote: I would think it gets easier for FCS schools to jump to FBS with the impact (current and future) of Covid and transfer rules. Seems draconian that any way in has to deal with conference location and politics. I got the sense EKU had the actual infrastructure for FBS/Sun Belt, but location had a lot to do with Coastal getting the nod (as evident by the initial stadium issue). It must suck to get a no and have the resources available to operate at FBS, but no conference takers. Liberty was right to challenge the rule, and I think it makes it easier for others to bypass politics and location bias. I fully expect at least EKU to jump up to FBS. Of course. I just don't think EKU wants to do what Liberty is doing. However by joining the Atlantic Sun, they now have that option should they chose, until the FCS football conference gets created RE: Honest to God realignment news! - TheOriginalBigApp - 11-20-2020 10:08 AM is this the start of the domino effect where Northern Kentucky and West Texas A&M end up in the SEC? RE: Honest to God realignment news! - johnbragg - 11-20-2020 07:55 PM https://www.annistonstar.com/sports/jsu/if-asun-conference-calls-jsu-will-listen-but-gamecocks-arent-making-plans-to-leave-ovc/article_e6c3f174-2951-11eb-b7ef-477d85c3dbc5.html Are we all wildly overreacting to Gumbart overpromising again? The non-paywalled part: Quote:If the Atlantic Sun Conference wants to talk to Jacksonville State about joining the league, then athletics director Greg Seitz is willing to listen. So maybe it's not a done deal RE: Honest to God realignment news! - Nerdlinger - 11-20-2020 09:28 PM (11-20-2020 07:55 PM)johnbragg Wrote: https://www.annistonstar.com/sports/jsu/if-asun-conference-calls-jsu-will-listen-but-gamecocks-arent-making-plans-to-leave-ovc/article_e6c3f174-2951-11eb-b7ef-477d85c3dbc5.html So it's just Gumbart reaching out to potentially disaffected schools who wanted to play FB in spite of COVID but have no interest in actually leaving their current conferences. Sounds about right. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - IWokeUpLikeThis - 11-20-2020 09:45 PM Gumbart’s the one commissioner who reads this board too. He enjoys watching all of us lose our minds. RE: Honest to God realignment news! - EKUSteve - 11-20-2020 09:45 PM Jax St is playing in the spring. So they are not a disaffected school. |